From: Companyero >Delivered-To: mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Published Friday, July 7, 2000, in the Miami Herald > >41 Cuban migrants caught in Keys >Dramatic chase ends on shore >BY JENNIFER BABSON [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >KEY WEST -- A group of 41 Cuban migrants packed tight into a >32-foot Condor fastboat made a mad dash to shore Thursday >afternoon, fleeing from a rescue helicopter and a Coast >Guard C-130 plane and ramming a U.S. Border Patrol boat that >tried to head the vessel off. > >The boat, whose bow bore a Florida registration number, made >it to shore at about 5:45 p.m. at mile marker 88 in the >Florida Keys after a high-seas chase involving the U.S. >Border Patrol, U.S. Coast Guard and Monroe County Sheriff's >Office. > >On board were 11 women, 24 men, and six children, according >to estimates from the sheriff's office. > >When the boat was about four miles from shore, two >passengers jumped into the ocean. They were later caught by >the Coast Guard. > >Bob Lipscomb, a construction manager working on a project >where the boat hit shore, said the chase resembled a scene >out of an action movie. > >At one point, Lipscomb said, a county rescue helicopter, the >``Trauma Star,'' tried to slow the boat down by coming close >to the water. ``They put the blades down close to the water >-- probably 10 feet off the water -- to try and scare the >boat,'' he said. > >The boat's captain also thwarted several attempts on the >water to block his dash for shore. > >``Border Patrol attempted to interdict the boat, the boat >rammed the Border Patrol boat three times, the Border Patrol >boat was knocked out of commission and the smuggler >continued the chase,'' said U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Joe >Mellia. > >When the boat beached on the rocky shore, the migrants ``hit >land and ran'' into a nearby wooded area so fast, Lipscomb >said, that they initially forgot to pluck a small boy from >the boat, which was laden with lobster and barracuda -- the >fruit of an apparent en-route fishing trip. > >At least 41 migrants were captured by Monroe County >deputies >and have been turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol for >processing at its station in Pembroke Pines. > >Officials aren't sure if any escaped detection. >********************************************************* >Cuba kepts its promise reports AP > >Cuba says Elian put human face on relations with U.S. >As pledged, boy has been kept out of the public eye >July 6, 2000 Associated Press > >HAVANA - Cuba says Elian Gonzalez gave a human >face to its four-decade-long political battle with the >United States, allowing many ordinary Americans >their first close look at the communist nation. > >But even as the Cuban government used the boy's >case to push for change in U.S. attitudes, it continued to >fulfill its promise to keep Elian out of the spotlight as he >readjusted to life at home. > >"With Elian, coverage has been given to an affair that >habitually was a theme only for political scientists and >specialists," Ricardo Alarcon, president of Cuba's National >Assembly, said in an interview published yesterday in a >special newspaper supplement. > >"Millions of people - housewives, people with nothing >to do with this - soon began to see the story of a >Cuban boy as the daily top news event," he said of >how Americans followed the case. Over time, many >U.S. citizens grew to sympathize with the child and >to question American immigration and other policies >toward the Caribbean country. > >In the supplement, which wrapped up events through >Elian's return last week, the government kept its >promise to protect the 6-year-old from the public >while continuing to promote its political agenda. > >There were no details about what Elian has done >since his homecoming June 28. The only new >photograph was a happy one of the boy dancing >in a circle with other children his age on the >evening of his return. > >Titled "Elian in the homeland," the supplement was >published by Juventud Rebelde, the daily newspaper >of the Communist Youth Union. > >The overview included a chronology of events and >a look at those involved in the battle: the judges, >Elian's grandmothers, and the Miami kin and their >supporters. > >The only real news about what Elian has done since >his return was reported Tuesday night on state >television, which announced that the boy and his >family made a quiet visit to their hometown of >Cardenas earlier that day. > > >BALTIMORE SUN >=================================== >July 6, 2000 >Preparations for 15th World Festival of Youth and Students >http://www.granma.cu/ingles/jul1/28juven-i.html > >The 15th World Festival of Youth and Students will be held in Algeria >in the summer of 2001, and the National Students' Union (UNEA) of >that North African nation expect some 30,000 delegates to attend. > >In statements to Granma International, UNEA's director of >international relations, Tarik Seghir, said that different >organizations are already working in his country on what they >hope will be one of the largest gatherings of youth ever held. > >The Preparatory Committee recently concluded its first meeting in >Havana. Some 110 delegates from 43 countries, representing 70 student >organizations, discussed the date of the next gathering, its theme, >its program and the creation of an international solidarity fund for >the Festival. > >During three days of conversations in the Cuban capital, the >anti-imperialist character of the event, to be held for the first >time in Africa, was reaffirmed. The theme that will unite young >people in Algeria will be: globalizing the struggle for peace, >solidarity and development against imperialism. > >Any youth workshop taking place in any part of the world will be a >propitious occasion to solicit the assistance and support of local >and regional organizations, institutions and ministries of youth. It >will be necessary to join efforts in times when there are few >countries that strongly endorse this type of gathering. > >The more than 13,000 participants of the last event of this kind, >held in Havana in 1997, expressed their will to continue holding the >Festivals, a movement which was interrupted by the dissolution of the >socialist bloc, which had promoted and sponsored gatherings of the >planet's progressive youth. Abdelaziz Belaid, general secretary of >the Algerian Union of Youth, affirmed in the preparatory meeting that >the 2001 forum will allow for the consolidation of solidarity on the >basis of the ideals and historic foundations of the movement, without >distinctions or exclusions. > >Otto Rivero, first secretary of the Communist Youth League, confirmed >the support of Cuba in future gatherings and presented Belaid with >the flag that waved in Havana in 1997, when it was demonstrated that >there is always a space to think and struggle for a better world. > > >� Copyright. 1996-1999. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. >GRANMA INTERNATIONAL/ ONLINE EDITION >========================================= >OFAC denies Jerry Brown permit to visit Cuba > >JERRY BROWN'S TRIP > >Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown plans to visit Cuba on July 22 and >sign a Sister City agreement on July 27 with Santiago de >Cuba, the island's second largest city. Sources say 14 to 20 >people are to travel with Brown; there is talk that a >student dance group might go and perform. But Brown's >license application has been rejected by the Treasury >Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, and two weeks >before departure, the mayor's office is scrambling to set up >the trip in a way that is acceptable. > >Oakland Rep. Barbara Lee says it doesn't make sense >for Americans to be prevented from visiting Cuba. To >deny Brown permission would be ``outrageous.'' > >Governor George Ryan of Illinois went to Cuba in October, so >why would Mayor Brown have trouble in July? Or is this just >the usual hassle? The Office of Foreign Assets Control did >not provide an answer. > > >�2000 San Francisco Chronicle >====================================== >Protect your right to freely travel to Cuba...send a FREE >FAX to your Congressman and Senators. > >http://www.aclu.org/action/cubatravel106.html >............................................................................... >.............. >America's Destructive Obsession With Cuba >Editorial [Toronto Star July 4, 2000) > > >Americans are tiring of their long obsession with Cuba. And >with good reason. Communism no longer poses a powerful >ideological threat, and Fidel Castro no longer poses a >feeble military one. > >Cuba is to be pitied, not feared. > >An older generation of Cuban-American cold warriors is dying >off. And the credibility of their successors is zero, >following their appalling exploitation of Elian Gonzalez, >the shipwrecked boy. > >But for all that, the U.S. Congress can't make a clean break >with its 38-year blockade, which costs Cuba about $1 billion >a year. > >Last week, Congress timidly agreed that Americans be >allowed >to sell food and medicine to Cuba, in an easing of the >embargo that some hailed as a breakthrough. But anti-Castro >lawmakers fought a rearguard action to toughen other aspects >of the blockade. > >They want to turn the current regulatory ban on American >tourism to Cuba into law, making it harder to ease this >sanction later. They also want to block the U.S. government >or private groups from underwriting food and medicine sales, >even though cash-strapped Cuba needs help to import goods. > >So what will it be? A clear signal that Washington is ready >to bury a sterile quarrel? Or a mixed message? Congress will >decide next week after the Fourth of July break. > >A mixed signal would simply increase the mind-numbing >incoherency of U.S. policy on Cuba. > >President Bill Clinton says he favours people-to-people >contacts. But most of his people are barred from going >there. Even so, 160,000 managed to visit relatives last >year, or indulged in illicit sightseeing. Thousands also >went to do business, though the odious Helms-Burton law >exists precisely to criminalize even Canadians who do >business there. > >Meanwhile, Clinton is cosying up to Communist China, >Vietnam >and North Korea, while decrying Cuba's faded variety. > >And while Clinton claims to want better relations, he >continues to fund anti-Castro groups. > >This is not policy. > >It is witlessness, parading as policy. > >Copyright 1996-2000 Toronto Star Newspapers Limited >http://www.commondreams.org/views/070400-102.htm > >****************************************************************** >NHAN DAN June 30, 2000 > >US Should End Hostile Acts Against Cuba, >Says FM Spokesperson > >The United States should end the Cuban Adjustment Act and >scrupulously respect the Agreement on Immigration with Cuba >in order to prevent troubles for illegal Cuban immigrants, >said a spokesperson from the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry on >June 29. > >"It is a victory of justice and the determination and >staunch struggle of the Cuban people" the spokesperson >stressed in a reply to a question raised by Cuban News >Agency Prensa Latina on Elian Gonzales' home coming. > >"It would not be necessary to waste seven months making the >decision to return Elian Gonzales to his own family if the >United States respected the Agreement on Immigration it has >signed with Cuba in line with human morals and international >law," the FM spokesperson added. > >"In an effort to avoid future disasters for illegal Cuban >immigrants, the United States should end its Cuban >Adjustment Act that incites Cubans to try to illegally >immigrate and should fully respect the Agreement on >Immigration signed with Cuba," said the spokesperson in >conclusion. >--------------------------------------------------------- >http://www.nhandan.org.vn/english/20000630/bai-news3.html > > >************************************************************ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >------- End of forwarded message ------- >***Cuba Information Access *** >The current events in La Republica de Cuba... >Where else are you going to get it ? >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Law Enforcement Professionals: SAVE ON LONG DISTANCE TODAY!!! >http://click.egroups.com/1/6600/0/_/30563/_/963287189/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Cuba SI - Imperialism NO! >Information and discussion about Cuba. >Socialism or death! 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